Abstract
In the area of machining, laborsaving and automation of operations are comparatively realized mainly by the contribution of NC machine tools so far. However, conventional NC machine tools are not enough autonomous or intelligent to achieve "Raped Manufacturing" that is available to start real machining operations immediately following product design without manual process and operation planning. In this study, in order to realize an autonomous NC machine tool, feed back mechanism that can adapt cutting parameters depending on monitored machining information is realized by integrating the developed function of generating tool paths in real time and the proposed machining strategy. And they are connected to the commercial CAD software customized to actualize automatic process and operation planning. As a result, an NC machine tool can be driven directly, rapidly and autonomously by a designed product model to achieve "Rapid Manufacturing".
